Speaker, Educator, Trainer, Facilitator…
Mitchell is an active Christian who loves people.
I am a Substance Abuse Professional who communicates very clear solutions in my own warm, open, caring style, to audiences of all ages. I have extensive training in substance abuse prevention with a specialty in tobacco prevention and underage drinking prevention.
I am involved with local, regional, state and national issues improving substance abuse recovery and prevention. I served on the Texas Prevention Summit Committee and the Texas Association of Addiction Professionals for 8 years. I am a Board Member of the Texas Certification Board chair of the Marketing Committee and serving on the Prevention, Standards and Ethics Committees.
I implement and facilitate numerous education, prevention, intervention and recovery programs for local communities as well as regional and national conferences.
I am a dynamic speaker who has a passion for training and helping others develop skills that empower them to lead better and more fulfilling lives.
I have been part of this work for more than 40 years and have helped develop the next generation of Preventionist.
Teenagers love him, Parents choose him, and Professionals continually call upon him.
Education: Bachelor of Applied Technology in Organizational Management
Certifications:
- LCDC- Licensed Chemical Dependency Counselor through TxDSHS 1996- present
- ACPS- Certified Advanced Prevention Specialist through TCB 1997- present
- ICPS- International Certified Prevention Specialist through IC&RC
- ADC- Level 3 Diplomate Alcohol and Drug Counselor through TCB/ IC&RC
- IADC- International Alcohol and Drug Counselor through ICRC
Additional Certifications:
CEU – Certified Provider of Continuing Education through TCB
C.E.R.T.
- IS 317 Community Emergency Response Team Training
- IS 100 Incident Command System 11-01-2013
- IS 200b Single Resources and Initial Action Incident 11-01-2013
- IS 700 NIMS 02-14-2014
Additional Training:
- SASSI Clinical Interpretation 12-09-2011
- SASSI Administration & Scoring 12-09-2011
- Wilderness 1st Aid 10-19-2016
- Youth Mental Health 1st Aid 09-27-2017
- Psychological 1st Aid 08-04-2018
- Civilian Response to Active Shooter Response Instructor 08-11-2019
- School Threat Assessment 08-23-2019
Trainer of Trainers
- Psychological 1st Aid Trainer 08-05-2018
- G 417 Community Emergency Response Team Trainer 04-16-2016
SAMHSA/CAPT Trainer of Trainers
- Prevention Ethics 10-05-2017
- Advanced Prevention Ethics 09-24-2018
- Sustainability Planning 08-29-2018
- Addressing Opioid Overdose 04-05-2018
- SAPST (Substance Abuse Prevention Skills Training) 07- 2012
Non Profit Leadership
- NPLC-Non-Profit Leadership Certification Program- University of Texas, Permian Basin
- NELC- Nonprofit Executive Leadership Certification- University of Texas, Permian Basin
I have been designing, developing, and delivering training and accompanying materials to a wide range of audiences through assorted mediums and venues for over 30 years. I have experience working with Local and State Agencies, Community Coalitions, Independent School Districts, Universities and Foundations.
Training:
I have developed training’s and co-facilitated youth leadership training for Ft Worth Country Day Private School, St Rita’s Private School, Midland Christian Private School, Ft Worth Independent School District’s INOK (It’s Not Okay) program, The Arkansas State YES Team (Youth Extinguishing Smoking), Texas School Safety Center’s State Youth Summits, Power to Wait, Midland, Greenwood & Ector County ISD’s, MADD, OJJDP and SADD National Youth Conferences, and a plethora of other youth related groups. I have also worked with school based teams of youth and adult educators in Emergency Preparedness and trained the facilitators at the Rio Grande Valley Youth Preparedness Camps.
Working with a team of my colleagues, we recently developed a professional training and 271 page manual covering all sixty associated tasks from the new International Prevention Specialist Job Task Analysis.
We are currently training Prevention Specialist from around the nation to prepare them for the new Job Task Analysis which has been used to develop an international examination by IC&RC (International Certification & Reciprocity Consortium) member boards.
Experience: I have presented at the Texas School Administrators Conference, The University of Arkansas Mid South Conference, the Texas Association of Addiction Professionals State Conference, The Texas Behavioral Health Institute, and as a SAMHSA CAPT Associate, I have delivered the 27 hour SAPST (Substance Abuse Prevention Skills Training) for Behavioral Health Professionals in Arkansas, Arizona, Oregon, Nebraska, Nevada, Wyoming and seven times in Texas.
I also trained trainers in the same SAPST curriculum in Arizona, California, Missouri, Nebraska, Utah, Nevada and Wyoming.
We utilized Adobe Connect as a medium to virtually train the professionals in Wyoming and Utah, and then I provided technical assistance during their first live training.
I currently provide Prevention Specialist and Behavioral Health trainings through the Coordinated Training Service, which is contracted with the TxDSHS to deliver training across Texas for Community Coalitions.
I have facilitated a community simulation at the NASAGA (North American Simulation And Gaming Association) and also provided a six hour Ethics training and then training of trainers in Arkansas.
While managing a Charitable Training Organization, we trained 1,070 individuals from 28 states, Washington D.C., Guam and Bermuda since 2019.
Memberships:
National Association of Addiction Professionals Member
Texas Certification Board of Addiction Professionals – Marketing Chair
Past Memberships:
Permian Basin Regional Planning Commission Advisory Board Member
Permian Basin Law Enforcement Training Academy Board Member
North American Simulations & Game Association Member
Texas Association of Addiction Professionals State Parliamentarian
Texas Summit Committee for Prevention Member
Coursework: Project Management, Accounting for Managers, International Business, Ethical and Corporate Social Responsibility, Organizational Theory and Practice, Human Resource Management, Entrepreneurship, Mediation and negotiations, Accounting, Managerial Communications, Legal Issues for managers, Electronic Commerce, Business Law, LAN Design, CISCO, Advanced Spreadsheets, Computer Systems Maintenance, Web Authoring, Computer Programming (Visual Basic), Computer Applications, Child psychology, Applied cognitive and Social Development, Sociology, and Psychology.
Skills:
I have exceptional presentation skills for any size audience.
I have excellent public speaking, training and facilitation skills.
I train using pure, guided or directed facilitation methods utilizing a surfeit amount of teaching tools for all audiences.
I am proficient in dyadic communication, instructional presentations, web-based and experiential styles of training.
I can work as a member of a multi-disciplinary team to develop specialized educational and training materials.
I can identify evidenced based research and emerging trends in safe and healthy schools and communities, and incorporate the information in creating current, valid, and relevant educational materials for educators, parents, youth, and community partners.
I can create and edit reports, evaluations, grants, budgets and other documents with publication-ready quality.
I am adept in basic computer skills, ie. word processing, presentation software, spreadsheets, data bases, web authoring software, project management software, publishing software, etc.
I have written numerous local, state and federal grants, spoke as a subject matter expert at Legislative Hearings, created budgets, managed and developed multiple programs, collaborated on many collaborative projects and served as director of community coalitions.
Personality Traits:
As an INTP, (Introverted, Intuitive, Thinking, Perceiving) I am curious, imaginative, and insightful.
I enjoy using my mind to find creative solutions to complicated problems.
I am fascinated by ideas, and seek to understand the world through logical analysis.
Independent and introspective, I enjoy a challenge and thrive in fast-paced dynamic environments.
I am future oriented; always open to new possibilities and theories.
My strengths as a Creator- My power comes from making sense of things and my ability to think things through.
My thinking is inferential, rather than deductive.
“I’ve been told I’m a very creative person, always looking for better ways of doing things.”
My strengths as a Pioneer- I begin by asking, “What’s new?”
I am, by nature, an explorer, excited by things I haven’t seen before, people I haven’t yet met.
Whereas others are intimidated by the unfamiliar, I am intrigued by it.
It fires my curiosity and heightens my senses–I am smarter and more perceptive when I’m doing something I’ve never done before.
For me, new is fun. New is unknown and the unknown challenges the status quo and shows me different avenues forward.
I read deeply within and around a subject so that I can be the first to encounter new techniques, trends and technologies.
My strengths as a Creator & Pioneer combined- I am the constant inventor.
But I’m an inventor with a twist. I’m not tinkering around with obscure data or tied up with re-configuring trendy technology. Instead, I am initiating.
I spend my time on novel undertakings that I know will stretch the boundaries of current thinking and practice.
The greatest value I will bring to any team is my perpetual cascade of ideas and the ability to develop them.
Mitchell’s HISTORY:
I am a subject matter expert on substance abuse prevention, education, recovery and treatment issues.
I have been working in this field since 1985 and paid professionally since 1993.
I have extensive training in substance abuse prevention with a specialty in tobacco prevention and underage drinking prevention. I have served as director of several community coalitions including the Tobacco Prevention & Control Coalition funded through the Texas Department of State Health Services.
I am involved with local, regional, state and national issues improving or affecting substance abuse recovery and prevention. I currently serve on the Texas Prevention Summit Committee and the Texas Association of Addiction Professionals.
I have worked with youth and adult partnerships since 1985 and am certified to teach True Colors.
I began as an adolescent counselor for the Palmer Drug Abuse Program in 1993.
In 1997, I developed the SOAR program (Student Outreach & Recovery) and the I.S.L.A.N.D. after school program (Innovative Students Learning About New Directions). These programs provided youth with trained facilitators to assist them in making better choices, and a safe place to be after school.
In 1998, I began offering a Youth Tobacco Education course for local adolescents who were cited for tobacco possession.
After seven years as a paid adolescent counselor and prevention program developer I was moved out of direct service and given the opportunity to write grants for the agency. This is where I discovered outcomes, outputs, evaluation and logic models. It moved me to a new level of professionalism as a program developer. Environmental prevention moved from just a concept to a reality.
Through PDAP, I started a Community Coalition in 2002 and we began to look at how we could solve the problems that were facing our community. (We did not know that they were called risk factors, we just identified them as problems that needed to be addressed.) Years later we received funding from the Texas Department of State Health Services for a Community Coalition Program that continues today.
Through the Midland Coalition, policies concerning alcohol consumption and adolescent events have been changed at the Midland Civic Center. Also, Midland College has reexamined their policy concerning underage student alcohol consumption because of work that the coalition has done on campus.
That year PDAP also became a certified Clinical Training Institution and worked with Midland College students to develop more Licensed Chemical Dependency Counselors for our region.
In 2004, I began facilitating the Juvenile Justice Committee for the Permian Basin Regional Council of Governments. We developed an Eastern Region Criminal Justice Plan and successfully solicited funds from the Governor’s Office for regional prevention efforts.
In 2005, I developed the La Buena Vida program specifically for youth in the Midland Juvenile Justice System. The La Buena Vida helped reduce recidivism of adolescents currently on probation.
In 2007 Mothers Against Drunk Driving ended their statewide youth leadership training camp program and we were able to move the Extreme Youth Leadership Youth Training Camps from a regional project to the state level.
In 2009, in collaboration with the Center for Safe Communities and Schools, we designed and implemented the first Texas Youth Summit for Tobacco Prevention. Students from each Senate District came together, created recommendations for tobacco prevention, cessation and education. The delegates then delivered their recommendations to their individual legislators at the Capitol. Plans are now underway for the next Texas State Youth Summit.
In 2009 we were awarded a grant by the Texas Criminal Justice Division of the Governor’s Office that allowed us to offer youth leadership training to 30 school districts or communities in Texas. This grant created the opportunity for teams across Texas to create youth driven improvement projects and make lasting change through a social norms campaign.
In 2010, volunteers, staff and I celebrated 25 years of Texas Youth Leadership Training Camps.
I have been part of this work for more than 25 years and have helped develop the next generation of Preventionist.
During 2012 I have continued as an Independent Consultant providing Substance Abuse Prevention Skills Training across the Nation through the Center of Applied Prevention Technology and Prevention Ethics & Prevention Specialist Training in Texas through Coordinated Training Services.
2014 Mitchell continues growing as an Independent Consultant while adding the Community Emergency Response Team training into his repertoire.
2015- 2018 Mitchell has driven more than 155,000 miles across Texas providing Prevention Specialist Training in the past 3 years.
2019 Mitchell was awarded “Texas Prevention Specialist of the Year” by the Texas Association of Addiction Professionals.
Current- Mitchell established Prevention Training Services , a charitable training organization that develops a more competent workforce by teaching the specialized knowledge required of the substance use disorder prevention professional. Since 2019 we have trained 1,070 individuals from 31 states, Washington D.C., Guam, Bermuda and members of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation in Montana.
Mitchell is also currently a beekeeper !
Special Memories about Mitchell:
Special Memories of Mitch Moore’s Youth Work in Iraan, Texas
In 1985, in the small west Texas town of Iraan, our lives were blessed by working with and getting to know Mitch Moore for several years. We first met Mitch when he started attending and worshiping with us at the Iraan Church of Christ. We immediately noticed Mitch’s special interest in the youth of the community and his desire to encourage them to lead clean, productive lives. He was not ashamed to admit the mistakes he had made in his younger years and wanted very much to prevent as many young people as he possibly could from making the same mistakes. He was constantly coming up with new ideas to fill the lives of the youth of our community who would participate in his programs. He was great at including others and, yes, he involved us too, in establishing a number of worthwhile activities for the youth. A few that come to our minds are:
The Just Say No Clubs for elementary and junior high school students.
The Fifth Quarter Parties after the ball games for junior high and high school students to gather in a well chaperoned place. (Most of those gatherings were in the gymnasium where Mitch would play basketball and other activities WITH the kids. They loved his participation. He organized various churches of the community to provide food and refreshments).
Camping trips were organized for the youth to participate in. There were always encouraging campfire talks from the adult (Mitch) who would help any youngster who would listen.
One of the greatest challenges was the annual Graduation Night All Night Party for all of the seniors and their guests. Many from the community would help with the finances and many donated their own time for the whole night to make this activity a success. There were many drawings for great gifts and always cash for all the seniors. One year Mitch even organized a give away of a new pick up truck. Raffle tickets for the truck were sold within the community to help support the All Night Party and other Youth activities.
Mitch would keep the young children and teens busy in other activities by preparing floats for homecoming parades, running fire works stands, and concession stands at the Little League Ball Games. His valuable training assisted many kids in learning how to serve, be responsible with money, work together and be polite to their customers.
Mitch was always active in the community serving the youth, while at the same time holding a full time job and being active in his church. He would teach classes at church for the kids of the congregation, take them on ski trips, and to larger communities in the area for fun activities like bowling or concerts.
As we look back at those years that Mitch served the youth of the community, we wonder how it was possible for one man to make such a difference in the lives of so many. God has used Mitch in a mighty way and we know that after he moved on from our community, he has done so much more through the years, throughout the state and the nation.
To put it simply, Mitch has helped mold the lives of many youth and pulled some up from unfortunate circumstances that could have lead to disastrous endings. Mitch touched our lives and we know that he will continue touching lives as long as he has a breath of life. We are very thankful to God to have had a few years to work closely with Mitch.
Mike and Rhonda Turk- Parents, Community Volunteers
I remember the freshness you brought to our staff, how you breathed a little life into our professional lives.
Conn Carson- Adventure Programmer/Waterfront Director, Environmental Leadership Program
Last year we went to a staff retreat in the San Antonio area. When the retreat was over, we went into San Antonio to see the sights and have dinner. As we neared the Alamo, I informed Mitch that I had never been to the Alamo, although I had always wanted to. Mitch turned the van around and allowed me to fulfill a dream I have had since I was a child. The Alamo was closed, but Mitch took several pictures of me in front of the Alamo. We then spent time together exploring the mall and the River walk after having the best Mexican food meal I have ever had. I will always be grateful to Mitch for that day. He truly practiced the principal of love that day.
Rickie Jones- PDAP Counselor
I have known Mitch for over 10 years, and have always considered him a true partner in prevention.
He has a giving spirit and attitude of service to all who he comes in contact with- personally and professionally. I feel fortunate to have been able to work with him throughout the years. Not only has our tobacco prevention/youth leadership program at TxSSC benefited, but the youth that we have served throughout the state have certainly benefited because of his involvement, wisdom and leadership.
Jennifer Steele- Program Director, Education & Curriculum Services, Texas School Safety Center
Texas State University – San Marcos
At the State Youth Summit, I was given the opportunity to facilitate a small group.
It was then that I realized that I wasn’t a participant any more, I was something bigger.
I was now in the role of the person I once looked up to and who I wanted to be.
Thanks for the opportunity because I just looked back at these past couple of years and realized I’m so lucky!!
Eric Garza
Texas Teen Ambassador- Tobacco Prevention Initiative
In the land of 10,000 lakes
Mitch & I were presenting together at a MADD Youth in Action training. I was very much the ‘junior’ presenter. Mitch really went out of his way to encourage me to step up and take the lead in the presentation. I look back at that event fondly as one of the first times I was really ‘in control’ of the presentation — I was the one who was the ‘leader.’ Mitch stepped aside and allowed me to rise to the occasion. I would guess that this occurred in 1999 or 2000 and I still think back on that conversation that he had with me to encourage me to run the show. Mitch believed in me.
Brian Gallagher
MADD Youth in Action Volunteer
From Midland ISD Students:
Mitchell, thank you for teaching us about why we shouldn’t take drugs or alcohol. I never planned on it anyway but this just gives my more reasons why I shouldn’t. It also gives me confidence in how I can say no.
Mitchell, thanks for coming to our school and teaching us about drug abuse. It really got me to thinking about people I know who drink and think it is cool. I think you should keep going around to schools and teaching them about drug abuse because I thought I knew everything about how to say no to drugs and alcohol but I didn’t. I’m sure others really don’t either.
Mitchell, I enjoyed your class and it has helped me a lot. The day after you came I was offered marijuana and I remembered what you said and how long it takes to get out of your body, which helped me say NO!
Mitchell, I just wanted to thank you because I have three sisters and now I can warn them about drinking alcohol or any other kind of drink. Well you see my dad died because of a drunk driver and I don’t want the same thing to happen to me or my sisters. Thanks for coming to our class and teaching us what you know.
Mitchell, ever since you came to our classroom that one Friday I have been motivated to do what is right for my brother. My brother has been going down the same path as I when I was younger. He is using an inhalant named “tolley”. Any way I just wanted to thank you for motivating me because all the things you told us in class, I am telling my younger brother.
Mitchell, I am interested in having a PDAP counselor present to our students in the Alternative Education Program. I have seen your program on the signs and stages of addiction and believe it is vital information for this population of students.
Mitchell, you provided us with information that will help us in our everyday decisions. I really thought the way you presented the information was helpful. You made it seem like real life not something that could never happen. Thanks for expressing your concern about the decisions that we make.
Mitchell, I really think you got all of us thinking about the real effects of alcohol, or at least second thoughts were had. I think your organization really helps the community. I have a friend who cannot go a day without drinking; he is only 17 years old. How can I help him?
Mitchell, you made me think twice on how I’m going to have fun and talk to my friends about the dangers of alcohol.
Dear Mitchell, I am 16 years old. I know many people who have gone through your organization and have changed for the better. Just the confidence they have been instilled with is phenomenal. From what I’ve been told, PDAP is an open door to a better way of life. My own experience with just speaking to members has greatly influenced my views on the dangers of chemical abuse. This is a lasting benefit for those who went and gotten help. Your organization has influenced my peers with their problems with drugs, alcohol, tobacco, and just the problems they have of not wanting to start but being pressured into it. I want to reissue my appreciation for taking the time to speak to us and hopefully you can continue on in your helping those who have nowhere else to turn.
Midland ISD Students
The first year that Dad took me to the MADD Youth Leadership Camp a whole new world was introduced to me. I knew that it was something he loved going to and he talked about all the time, but until you’ve been to camp you can’t really get it. The summer before eighth grade, I got it. The world of youth prevention grabbed hold of me and hasn’t let go.
For the last 14 years I have had the privilege of working with Mitchell at the local, regional, statewide and national level on a variety of projects, covering a variety of topics with a variety of audiences. The one thing that all these projects had in common was our mutual desire to help people.
I cannot think of a single project in my career as a Preventionist that I have not discussed with Mitchell and gotten his input on at some level. His insight, guidance and assistance have proven to be invaluable as I continue my journey in the field of prevention. Thanks Dad.
Ruby Moore
Program Manager, Student Initiatives, Texas School Safety Center
Texas State University , San Marcos
Most Noteworthy Accomplishment:
Even though I have trained thousands of people in prevention and counseling techniques across the Nation my most noteworthy legacy is that I now get to work in the field of substance abuse prevention beside my daughter, Ruby Moore.
I began taking my children to the Texas Youth Leadership Camps when they were in middle school and it was there that Ruby found her place in prevention. She became active as a volunteer during high school and was hired at age 17 to develop a youth movement in Midland, Texas.
Together we developed EYL, the Extreme Youth Leadership program. EYL teaches leadership and advocacy skills to young people and helps to develop youth and adult partnerships across the state.
This program now provides youth across the state of Texas a premier youth leadership training program at multiple sites each summer.
At 26 years old, Ruby had 14 years of prevention experience, and was the Program Manager for Student Initiatives at the Texas School Safety Center at Texas State University, San Marcos. She is a Certified Prevention Specialist and directed Tobacco Prevention Programs across Texas. Today she works in the School Safety arena focusing on ensuring the security of all students.
This is evidence to me that one person’s desire to help his friend in 1985 has now effected generations of people in a positive manner.
I am a living advocate and example of substance abuse prevention, education and recovery.
I continue to help people make their lives and community better everywhere I can.